Xu Kunlin
{{Short description|Chinese politician (born 1965)}}
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Xin Changxing
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| native_name = 许昆林
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| birth_place = Yongchun County, Fujian, China
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Xu Kunlin ({{zh|s=许昆林|poj=Khó͘ Khun-lîm}}; born May 1965) is a Chinese politician who is the current governor of Jiangsu, in office since 19 October 2021. Previously he served as the Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of Suzhou, the largest city in Jiangsu.
Biography
Xu was born in Yongchun County, Fujian, in May 1965. In 1980, he enrolled in Hangzhou Institute of Commerce (now Zhejiang Gongshang University), majoring in planning statistics, where he graduated in 1984.{{cn|date=May 2024}}
After university, in August 1984, he was dispatched to State Administration of commodity Prices (now National Development and Reform Commission), where he worked successively as director of the Department of Price Supervision, director of the Department of Fixed Assets Investment, and deputy secretary-general.{{cn|date=May 2024}}
In March 2017, he took office of vice mayor of Shanghai, one of the four direct-administered municipalities of China and one of China's economic centers.{{cite news|url=https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1652140 |script-title=zh:许昆林被任命为上海市副市长 |work=thepaper |date=31 March 2017 |access-date=19 October 2021 |language=zh}}
In September 2020, he was transferred to the neighboring Jiangsu province and appointed party secretary of Suzhou, the top political position in the city.{{cite news|author1=Zhuang Yu ({{lang|zh|庄彧}})|url=http://district.ce.cn/newarea/sddy/202009/29/t20200929_35843453.shtml |script-title=zh:上海市副市长许昆林出任江苏省委常委、苏州市委书记 |work=ce.cn |date=29 September 2020 |access-date=19 October 2021 |language=zh}} And he was admitted to member of the standing committee of the CCP Jiangsu Provincial Committee, the province's top authority. On 19 October 2021, he was promoted to acting governor of Jiangsu, replacing Wu Zhenglong.{{cite news|author1=Lin Yunshi ({{lang|zh|林韵诗}})|url=https://china.caixin.com/2021-10-19/101788666.html |script-title=zh:空降地方四年半 许昆林代理江苏省长 |work=caixin.com |date=19 October 2021 |access-date=20 October 2021 |language=zh}}
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Category:People from Yongchun County
Category:Zhejiang Gongshang University alumni
Category:People's Republic of China politicians from Jiangsu
Category:Chinese Communist Party politicians from Jiangsu
Category:Members of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party